Day 10: Hoof It
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FAQ
- What is this?: Here is a post with a large amount of details: https://programming.dev/post/6637268
- Where do I participate?: https://adventofcode.com/
- Is there a leaderboard for the community?: We have a programming.dev leaderboard with the info on how to join in this post: https://programming.dev/post/6631465
Uiua
Run it here!
How to read this
Uiua has a very helpful (still experimental)
astarfunction built in which returns all valid paths that match your criteria, making a lot of path-finding stuff almost painfully simple, as you just need to provide a starting node and three functions: return next nodes, return heuristic cost to destination (here set to constant 1), return confirmation if we’ve reached a suitable target node (here testing if it’s = 9).Data ← ⊜≡⋕⊸≠@\n"89010123\n78121874\n87430965\n96549874\n45678903\n32019012\n01329801\n10456732" N₄ ← ≡+[0_1 1_0 0_¯1 ¯1_0]¤ Ns ← ▽:⟜(=1-:∩(⬚0⊡:Data))▽⊸≡(/×≥0)N₄. # Valid, in-bounds neighbours. Count! ← /+≡(⧻^0⊙◌ astarNs 1 (=9⊡:Data))⊚=0Data &p Count!(◴≡◇⊣) &p Count!∘